North Central Region Water Network

by Rick Koelsch, March 26, 2014

(Teams Forming for USDA Water Funding - next article below) 

We are excited to announce the launch of the new North Central Region Water Network – a 12-state collaboration between Extension water resource professionals and other water stakeholders. We are a new organization, but built on decades of USDA-funded regional work in the Great Lakes and Heartland Regions, and North and South Dakota.

With full support from our Extension Directors, we seek to:

• Increase connectivity and learning among university professionals and our partners engaged in water-related research, education, and management
• Strengthen the resource base available for Extension education. Extension provides a critical bridge between applied research and the people, organizations, and communities that can use that research to strengthen decision-making.
• Generate measurable environmental and social impacts in the short and long-term

We hope you will take some time in the near future to get to know us better. Please visit our website, contribute to our blog, and participate in our upcoming webinar series (first event scheduled for April 2nd).  You may also want to join our mailing list for the latest news about our network. Last but not least, be sure to read Extension Director Liaison Rick Klemme’s introduction to the Network and request for your participation.

We look forward to UNL faculty building connections to this network and to participating faculty in the North Central Region. This is an opportunity to build our regional connections on water issues.  If you have interest in water issues, we strongly encourage signing up for the regional network’s email list, participate in the speed networking webinar series,  and monitor the Network’s other activities.  Please note that the April 2^nd speed webinar includes our own Gary Zoubek along with three other presenters and focuses on water supply issues.

Welcome to the North Central Region Water Network!